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"I did not choose necessarily on the basis of significance. If you have a vote for the most significant athlete, then you have Ali, then you have Babe Ruth, then you have Michael Jordan."
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"I would never say somebody had to vote for anybody. That would be terrible. I haven't said that."
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"You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans."
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"Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place."

"Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government."

"What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government."

"That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income."
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